Cashew Date Butter

I finished the peanut butter jar while making my Chocolate Cheesecake Protein pudding for breakfast. And we are now completely not only out of peanut butter, but nut butter in general! This does not go over well in our house.

Since I was all comfy in my PJ’s watching Wimbledon (Raonic vs Kyrgios!), I didn’t really feel like making a trip to the grocery store. I decided instead to make use of our food processor and the ingredients we had on hand in the house!

Lately, I’ve been enjoying dates and almonds together as a midmorning/afternoon snack. I usually follow a 4 almond : 1 date ratio, and used this as a rough guideline for my cashew date butter.

This recipe is so easy, and delicious! You only need two ingredients:

Cashews…

…and dates!

And don’t forget your food processor!

First, blend the cashews together by themselves in the food processor. Some of the butter will stick to the bottom, so you’ll need to scrape it off every 15 seconds or so. It’ll look like this: